my understanding is that only 2012 535i and 550i will have the 6 speed manual gearbox. All other variants of F10 in the USA will have the 8 speed auto. It's quite possible the configuator is wrong, as it has only been up for a week.

my understanding is that only 2012 535i and 550i will have the 6 speed manual gearbox. All other variants of F10 in the USA will have the 8 speed auto. It's quite possible the configuator is wrong, as it has only been up for a week.

The US 535 and 550 come standard with a manual transmission. The automatic is a no-cost option. The 550's interior image on the bmwusa.com configurator has always only shown the automatic shifter, even if the option is not selected. But it's only the image that's wrong. The 535's image is accurate.